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user-inactivated  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Post-Capitalism Has Begun

So no boat in deepflows world. Got that.

Next question: I have a maple seed. I grow maple trees for 25 years. I cut them down to make a boat. Do I get to keep the boat?





deepflows  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    So no boat in deepflows world. Got that.
Got that wrong. No personal yacht for your exclusive use, though. Not as long as the same ressources could go towards building shelter somewhere else. Tough?

    Next question: I have a maple seed. I grow maple trees for 25 years. I cut them down to make a boat. Do I get to keep the boat?

Are there enough seeds for everyone who wants to grow trees? Enough soil?

Or are you going to fence off an area and insist nobody else can plant a tree there?

Will you actually grow the tree and build the boat yourself? Or will that be the job of some sucker who wasn't yet alive when everyone fenced off some land for trees?

Who will do the fishing? You? Or some sucker who had damn well better be grateful that he gets to use your cool boat (while you sell the fish, pay him a fraction of the profits and call that a fair arrangement?)

Will you stop at one boat? Or are you going to take the profits from the other guy's fishing and use those to buy other people's boats and fenced off tree growing areas?

When will it be enough boats? Will there be any fish left by then? At which point do you offer people shares for your fishing empire? When will betting on tomorrow's catch become more important than fishing?

You know, I can appreciate the idea. A man, his tree and his boat. But it really isn't that simple, is it?